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• In my role as VP, Finance and Accounting at Happiest Baby, Inc., I have been instrumental in building and leading a high-caliber finance and accounting team. My responsibilities have encompassed overhauling the.
• Successfully built a new finance and accounting team, known for their exceptional competency.
• Transformed an inadequate QuickBooks system into a robust, error-free setup, which passed its first audit with no errors and an unqualified opinion from KPMG within a year.
• Played a pivotal role alongside the CEO in leading and closing a significant Series C funding round, as well as managing a convertible debt funding round.
• Redesigned the forecasting, planning, and reporting model to adapt to a global company with two lines of business across sixteen countries.
• Trained the accounting and finance team in the latest data analysis and visualization tools, leveraging off-the-shelf technology to enhance reporting, forecasting, and decision support processes.

Los Angeles, California, US

Designed and implemented internal controls for inventory to remedy material weaknesses identified by external auditors. Rewrote process narratives. Managed day to day processes as well as financial accounting and reporting. Finance lead on MRP implementation. Supervised staff.

Santa Monica, California, US

Reporting to the SVP Finance, I oversaw all areas of a rapidly growing $270M public company’s reporting and Corporate Controllership. Areas of responsibility include SEC reporting, consolidations, technical accounting activities, internal controls, operational accounting, and financial systems. In this capacity, I drove the development and deployment of.

Mountain View, California, US

• Provided technical expertise in revenue recognition taking into consideration current and future GAAP (ASC 605, 606) as needed. Provided guidance and leadership on product revenue accounting for new product offerings..
• Automated manual revenue recognition process through process optimizations and SaaS implementation. As a result, close cycle cut by 67% from 15 days to 5 days and resources required to support this area reduced by 50%.
• Collaborated cross-functionally with Business Development, Technology, Fulfillment, FP&A, Legal, C-Team for providing recommendations based on LegalZoom’s marketing strategies and GAAP requirements for Revenue.
• Documented multi-element revenue arrangements and related revenue accounting treatment under current and future revenue recognition rules. o Published accounting whitepapers to document the accounting positions, as.
• Managed evaluation of data for VSOE on products and services. Changed processes and automated the maintenance of VSOEs.
• Supported external SEC reporting and SOX processes as required.

Burbank, CA, US

Provided comprehensive accounting management for organization with $2B in annual revenue. Identified and implemented systems that facilitated financial operations and allowed the business to keep up with the pace of technology. Prepared monthly and annual budgets and reforecasts. Oversaw report preparation. Facilitated audits. Ensured compliance with.

Promoted to drive innovation and excellence in accounting and financial operations for Disney Online Studios, part of the Interactive Media Group (one of five segments within the $36B Walt Disney Company conglomerate). Implemented and managed accounting, tax management and financial controls for $250M organization. Supervised accounting and financial.

Burbank, CA, US

Directed the complete range of accounting operations for Disney Online while concurrently managing the corporate consolidation of dozens of global business lines within Walt Disney Company's Interactive Media Group. Coordinated tax management and oversaw preparation and filing of federal, state and local tax returns. Performed in-depth account.

Phoenix, Arizona, US

Defined and executed financial controls and built the accounting, finance and administrative departments from the ground up as key member of the organization's start-up team. Hired the original workforce and created systems, processes, reporting tools and best practices. Oversaw financial statement preparation, budget development and cash-flow projections..

US

Managed start-up accounting and financial management operations within large corporation for Warner Bros. Studio Stores International, an organization built on a licensing model with three distinct revenue streams (license fee, wholesale sales and retail royalties). Directed financial statement preparation, budget development, cash flow forecasting and.

Bachelor Of Science, Accounting

Diploma, Business Administration And Management, General